Brex
Senior Counsel, Risk
$270K–$335K
New York, New York, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years as an attorney, including at least 3 years focused on one or more specified practice areas.
- Education
- Juris Doctor (JD)
About the job
Leads legal responses to disputes, incidents, collections, bankruptcy matters, regulatory inquiries, and third-party legal process, coordinating resolution across company teams.
What you'll do
- Manage pre-litigation disputes, account ownership issues, collections, and bankruptcy matters.
- Lead incident response and remediation, including customer communications and regulatory responses.
- Oversee subpoenas and other legal process; build playbooks and advise teams on reducing risk.
What they ask for
- Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 6+ years as an attorney, including at least 3 years focused on relevant litigation, creditors’ rights or collections, bankruptcy, regulatory investigations or enforcement, or incident response.
- Experience owning pre-litigation disputes end to end.
- Working knowledge of fintech regulation, including areas such as state money transmission, UDAAP, Reg E and Reg Z, BSA/AML, and bank partnership models.
Nice to have
- 3+ years as an in-house attorney at a fintech, bank, broker-dealer, or payments company.
- Experience with regulatory examinations or inquiries, broker-dealer matters, collections and bankruptcy recoveries, account ownership disputes, or third-party legal process.
Pay
$270,000 - $335,000 USD (salary range; base pay)
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